And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.
Ver. 23. And when he was entered, &c.] Himself was first in the ship where they were to suffer. Like a good shepherd, he goes before his sheep, John 10:4. Like a good captain, he goes before his soldiers; and as it was said of Hannibal, a that he first entered the field and last went out of the field, so is it with Christ the Captain of our salvation. "Fear not," saith he, "for I am with thee: be not afraid, for I am thy God," Isaiah 41:10. Tua causa erit mea causa, Your problem will be my problem, as that emperor told Julius Pflugius, who had been much wronged by the Duke of Saxony, in the emperor's employment.
a Princeps praelium inibat, ultimus, conferio praelto, excedebat. Liv.